We took so many eight hour drivesLimbs falling asleepPins and needles making the clockObsolete, I counted on nothing

But you, groggy back seat best friend neverAn ounce of resentment when I pinch your arm and scold you for not looking hard enough, justDelight

You are nothing on the camel’s backYou are clear still waterstreak free shinewindow on a sunny daywind behind my kite.

Violet sunilght, yellow shadows we wanderedhooves hung near headsof lettuce our apples and pancakes went well with laughingcow cheese for breakfast

stucco walls were steeped in secretswe whispered to the tiled roomsSahara sand glowed like a sisterof the sun, the sky was vast and growing onlybecause you saw itdelightedwelt rising on the flesh of your forearm